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Society, Ethics, and Technology |  | Authors: Morton Winston, Ralph Edelbach
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 4
Pages: 448
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 049550467X
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.483
EAN: 9780495504672
ASIN: 049550467X
Publication Date: March 17, 2008
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From the forefront of news today to your textbook, SOCIETY, ETHICS, AND TECHNOLOGY, Fourth Edition, stresses the latest technological innovations and how these advancements represent new ethical challenges and dilemmas for society as a whole. You gain a strong foundation in theory and applied ethics as you discover how to examine critically the social effects of technology surrounding your daily life. This timely anthology, filled with the latest readings from prominent scholars and leaders, focuses on the most current technology issues and ethical debates. Useful introductions before each selection and Focus Questions help you understand readings within context. Readings, drawn from a variety of contemporary social issues, closely examine technological change and its social consequences from a variety of historical, societal, and philosophical perspectives. The book also delves into what the future holds in areas such as human rights, information technology, biotechnology, energy, and the environment. In addition to highlighting ethical theory, readings help you establish a solid decision-making framework. Detailed coverage examines the impact of specific, recent technological advances, such as artificial intelligence and surveillance, while special historical highlights technology particularly in medieval times and the twentieth century.
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 Crucial Ethical Issues of Today's Technology and Science June 4, 2000
Alice
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is such a timely and needed publication. The book offers insightful chapters by authors who are scholars within this area of study. Other chapters offer insight into today's world of technology and science. Remaining chapters provide insightful perspectives by authors that incorporate the ethical issues involved in both technology and science. The authors and publisher, I believe, are TOTALLY on the right track with their belief that this is a very crucial publication for today's society. The first chapter by Morton Winston, "Children of Invention," tells the reader what is going on currently in our society within the area of ethics, technology, and science; where we were, where we are now, and why we need to look at this for our future. This publication is ground breaking. With our society's current stance of available access to technology and developments in science our ethical decision-making related to these disciplines ARE our future; the authors of this book have provided us with excellent topics and issues to "Begin the Discussion."
Thought-provoking! July 26, 2008
Paul Beusterien (Alameda, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I picked this book out at the library based on my interest in the ethics of environmentalism. Where do you draw the line between life fulfillment and "leaving no trace"?
This book delves into that question and many more:
How have inventions from the middle ages to the present dramatically changed how people live and perhaps how they should live?
How much and what kind of oversight should there be on creators?
What if technology can make people perfectly happy? Is that good, even if it's living in a Matrix-like meta-world?
What are the implications and ethics of transforming humanity genetically? Mechanically? Computationally?
What does globalization mean to group ethics which have historically been developed on a much smaller scale?
How can we avoid the tragedy of the commons where it is to the individual's interest to exploit the common resource to the detriment of society at large?
Increased surveillance has benefits to security, but detriments to privacy. Where do we draw the line?
Overall, a great book if you're interested in a survey on technology and how it affects society and raises challenging ethical questions.
One issue is that the Book Companion Website on the back cover does not seem to exist.
 Nice book but at a cost.... May 22, 2009
James R. Salvato
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Everything as far as the quality of the book is true...however I cannot resell it to anyone anymore so here I am stuck with it and cannot recuperate my costs when I try to sell it again....oh well...
Boring enough to put you to sleep! January 8, 2004
Menden (Columbus, Oh United States)
8 out of 21 found this review helpful
In my opinion, the book is long (2 columns per page and small font), some things are repeated or over-explained and definitely not in lamens terms. I was so bored reading this book that my stomach begin to twist in knots. I also believe the author was very anxious to show off their vocabulary. It may be a little more interesting if it was a little more down to earth instead of using sentences such as "As in all such masculine invocations of original perfection, Eve has vanished." Every once and a while, I got interested in some of the topics. Other than that, if it werent for a class that I needed this for, I would not have bought this.
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